Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-02
Personal Paragraphs.

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DIR. J. H. Vivian and wife are in
Omaha, Neb., attending the national
conference of charities and reform.
\. W. Comfort, of saltwater, Mimi,
former resident of this place, regis
tered at the L. 5. Hotel on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs I. C. Comfort, of Cobb.
and Messrs. J. W Rewey and J. B.
HuSe, of Rewey, interviewed some of
our merchants last Saturday.
E. N. Church returned home on
Friday last from trip through north
ern Iowa.
Phi. Weidenfeller was chosen delegate
to represent the st. Joseph's Society of
Mineral Point at the 32nd annual
convention of the German Catholic
Aid Society of the United States to be
held in Chicago the 4, ), 6 and Z of
September 1887.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Spensley were
called to Galena on Friday last, to
attend the funeral of the formers
mother, Mrs. Richard Spensley, of that
place. The deceased had been in fail
ing health for some time and had
reached the ripe age of eighty-two.
Her husband, with whom she lived
sixty-four years, survives her.
The Misses Fanny and Amelia Gill
mann and Lizzie Borngesser, are visit
ing among relatives and friends,
making Mr.. Charles Gillmann's their
home while here.
Mrs. H. 5. Clauer and daughter, Miss
Lena, of Galena, are here to visit old
friends and attend the fair.
Martin Hoare, now with w. J. Dyer
& Co., st. Paul, spent several days at
his old home this week.
Mrs. General Smith, mother of Hon.
J. NJ. Smith, arrived here Monday
night, from her home in New York
She was accompanied by Miss Fanny
Ansley, who has spent the summer
with her uncle, Major Bundy, in that
city.
Mrs. Reuben Ellsworth and Miss Ella
Billings, of Cobb, spent Monday with
friends in this city.
Hon. Alex Wilson and family left
on Monday morning, to be absent
from home. during the coming
winter. Miss Susie will spend the
time with her sister in Freeport and
Amasa will attend school in Lincoln,
Neb. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson will pro-
ceed to Denver and will probably visit
southern California, hoping to benefit
Mr.. Wilson's health in the light air
and delightful climate in those regions.
Mrs. w. H. Prideaux spent last Sun
day in Beloit.
Mrs. VIII Lanyon and child, Mrs.
Henry Vaughn and child, and little
Miss Rohr, started onWednesday morn
ing for their home in Pittsburg, Kan,
having spent six weeks with relatives
here.
Miss Laura Jacka returned last week
from an extended visit in Rockford.
DR.. Eastman, of this city, goes to
Washington this week to attend a
meeting of the International Medical
association. 1t is said that the meet
ing will be the largest gathering of
physicians ever known in this country.
Chris Fritsch, of the town of Eden,
was in town on Saturday last and
called on The Democrat Office and paid
his subscription for another year in
advance. He says that the yield from
the rich prairie land around Cobb
has been light for the past two seasons.
There has not been a total failure of
crops by any means.
Miss Ella Prentice, who has been
visiting in this city during the summer,
returned to her home in Anamosa,
Iowa, on Tuesday.
Miss Efiie Smith, a compositor in the
office of the Milwaukee Sentinel, Wis
tied friends in Mineral Point and Oar
lington this week.
John Trevarrow came over. from
Dubuque last week and spent few
days in this city.
VIM. Smith returned last week from
Sac City, Iowa, where he has been visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Joseph James.